Meithei leid
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Meetei (Meitei) /ˈmeɪteɪ/[5] or Manipuri /mænᵻˈpʊəri/ is the predominant leid an lingua franca in the sootheastren Himalayan state o Manipur, in northeastren Indie.
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Meithei | |
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Manipuri | |
ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ | |
Region | Northeast Indie, Bangladesh, Burma |
Ethnicity | Meithei fowk |
Native speakers | 1.25 million (2010)[1] to 1.5 million (2001 census)[2] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Bengali alphabet (current) Meithei Mayek alphabet (heestorical)[3] | |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | Indie (Manipur) |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-2 | mni |
ISO 639-3 | Either:mni – Modern Meitheiomp – Old Manipuri |
Linguist List | omp Old Manipuri |
Glottolog | mani1292 [4] |
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